[jjbrouwer]

Thank you for your good wishes, Grampa. Actually, I live in London and New York.

Both have their merits. London is by and large the safer of the two cities, though both are riddled with crime and disorder (as are most thriving major cities). You mention political correctness but I am afraid this is a point which Americans almost always get wrong.

Political correctness is an illness we inherited from America, not the other way round.

Most New Yorkers of the American variety will complain to you that the New York Brits are the loudest, most drunken and, crucially, unpolitically correct bunch of people you could ever meet.

[Grampa Dave]

You posted, "Political correctness is an illness we inherited from America, not the other way round"

Gee, I thought that most that was good and most that was bad came from you guys! That Canada and Australia were your best students! You know like socialized medicine, gun control and then gun seizure, high taxes to pay for pc cr*p and the love of diversity or perversity!

I think that London's rise in crime rates the past 3 years versus the drop in NYC makes London more of a crime town. Both are checkerboards. You can be safe and walk two blocks and be at peril by just being where you are! Any big city is that way! Hell, my little hometown of Napa is like that. I no longer walk in areas that I used to walk in 5 years or even 2 years ago!

Enjoyed discussing this with you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Years and stay safe in both cities!